Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

18-Year Old Accused of Kidnapping 13-Year Old Girl in Brownville Arrested in Mansfield [WATCH]
Antonette Rodriguez, 13; Clayton Phillips, 18 (Brownsville Police Department) Mansfield, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An Amber Alert triggered Saturday near the in Brownsville led to an arrest early Sunday ...
Cumulus Media Jun 28, 2021

Texas Democrats Sue The Governor
Austin (AP) – Texas Democratic lawmakers are suing Republican Governor Greg Abbott after he vetoed Capitol paycheck funds because they walked out to block sweeping new voting restrictions. The l...
Cumulus Media Jun 27, 2021

Texas Supreme Court Rules In 2017 Mass Shooting
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Supreme Court has ruled survivors and relatives of those who were killed in a 2017 mass shooting at a church cannot sue a sporting goods chain for selling the rifl...
Cumulus Media Jun 27, 2021

Extended Unemployment Benefits End In Texas
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Jobless Texans have lost their extended unemployment benefits. The federal government had been boosting unemployment checks during the pandemic, but some Texas businesses ha...
Cumulus Media Jun 26, 2021

Police, Trump Supporters Sued Over Texas Highway Incident
Austin (AP) – Civil rights organizations and people who were part of a Biden campaign caravan last fall that was surrounded on a Texas highway by Trump supporters have filed two federal lawsuits...
Cumulus Media Jun 26, 2021

No Media Witness To Texas Execution
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – An investigation has determined that new personnel and procedures along with insufficient oversight led to reporters not witnessing the May 19 execution of condemned killer...
Cumulus Media Jun 26, 2021

Vice President Harris Visits El Paso to Address Migrant Surge
EL PASO, TEXAS (AP) – Vice President Kamala Harris says the Biden administration has made progress tackling a migration spike that’s drawn fire from Republicans and made fellow Democrats u...
Cumulus Media Jun 25, 2021

Democrats Fight Governor’s Veto on Pay in Texas Supreme Court
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas House Democrats said Friday that they have officially filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court to stop Governor Greg Abbott’s veto of a line in the budget, ...
Cumulus Media Jun 25, 2021

Justice Department Suing Georgia Over State’s New Voting Law
File Photo WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state’s new election law and alleging that Republican state lawmakers rushed through a sweeping overhaul with ...
Cumulus Media Jun 25, 2021

Austin Police Arrest 19-Year-Old Suspect in Deadly 6th Street Mass Shooting
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – After a weeks-long investigation, Austin Police arrested a 19-year-old suspect in the deadly mass shooting that claimed the life of one person and injured thirteen othe...
Cumulus Media Jun 25, 2021









